House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy has come under fire for welcoming a QAnon believer into the House GOP’s ranks.
As the QAnon conspiracy movement has grown in both size and strength – with several QAnon believers attaining GOP nominations in Republican-leaning House seats – two Republican lawmakers came forward on Sunday to disavow the movement and call on their colleagues to do the same.... [+]KEY FACTS
“Normally I wouldn’t want to give any attention to this, but I now think it’s important to expose it and speak out,” said Rep. Adam Kinzinger in aaddressing the “threats” posed by QAnon, which posits that Trump is working to defeat a group of liberal bureaucrats, executives, politicians and celebrities operating a sex trafficking ring.
In the video, Kinzinger points to the many unrealized predictions made by “Q Clearance Patriot,” a poster on internet forums 4chan and 8chan and the main propagator of the theory, as evidence that it is not based in reality. “Denouncing conspiracies shouldn’t be the exception, they really should be the rule,” Kinzinger said, adding “in a moment where facts are only real if they confirm your previous beliefs, leaders need to lead everywhere.”
The video is a clear shot across the bough to Kinzinger’s GOP colleagues, especially House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy , who has prompted grumbles and even
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